no, I didn’t get one, but one of my co-workers did, and he brought it to work this morning.

1. the dpi is lower than the iphone, and the pixels are noticeable. For example, the font on the New York Times website looked a little jagged in portrait mode. (same for the iBook reader) I switched it to landscape mode, and the anti-aliasing looked better. But still, I don’t think it’s quite as high as it should be for a device you hold close to your eyes.
2. the keyboard is fine. in portrait mode, it’s fine; in landscape mode, it’s great. I could definitely see composing an email on it – the typing sound effect is pretty good as far as feedback is concerned – even though you have to peer under your fingers to check your alignment every so often.
3. using the maps application was pretty fun. being able to use gestures on a larger screen is satisfying, to say the least, and i think the multiplier on the pinch/pull gestures has been increased to make it seem snappier than the iphone.
4. I’d love to mess around with brushes or some other drawing app on this device.

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